Aircraft departures
102,500
985,300
DEFINITION:
Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 32nd.
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Greece
Air transport, freight > million tons per km
64.07 million tons/km
5,998.43 million tons/km
DEFINITION:
Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 67th in 2005.
Ranked 8th in 2005. 93 times more than Greece
Container port traffic
1,779,030 TEU
8,598,891 TEU
DEFINITION:
Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes., and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 32nd in 2005.
Ranked 12th in 2005. 4 times more than Greece
Driving side of the road > Left or right
Right side
Left side
DEFINITION:
About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies . The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa.
SOURCE:
World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved
107,406 km
371,913 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the paved parts of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 12th in 1999.
Ranked 5th in 1999. 2 times more than Greece
Highways > Paved (per capita)
9.9 km per 1,000 people
6.3 km per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
total length of the paved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 5th in 1999. 56% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 13th in 1999.
Highways > Total
117,000 km
371,913 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 18th in 1999.
Ranked 7th in 1999. 2 times more than Greece
Highways > Total (per capita)
10.8 km per 1,000 people
6.3 km per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 10th in 1999. 70% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 29th in 1999.
Highways > Unpaved
9,594 km
0 km
DEFINITION:
total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 53rd in 1999.
Ranked 108th in 1999.
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)
0.9 km per 1,000 people
0 km per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 75th in 1999.
Ranked 104th in 1999.
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
57,898,789 Dwt
12,315,588 Dwt
DEFINITION:
Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 3rd in 2007. 4 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 18th in 2007.
Motor vehicles
329 motor vehicles per 100 p
426 motor vehicles per 100 p
DEFINITION:
Motor vehicles per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 19th. 29% more than Greece
Pipelines > All types
gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)
condensate 370 km; gas 21,446 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 6,420 km; oil/gas/water 63 km; refined products 4,474 km (2004)
DEFINITION:
The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products"
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Pipelines > Total length
1,260 km
32,832 km
DEFINITION:
Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 22 August 2006
Ranked 76th.
Ranked 11th. 25 times more than Greece
Ports and harbors
Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra, Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos
Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport, Tyne
DEFINITION:
The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
50
50 (30mph)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Speed limit
Travel services > % of commercial service exports
39.88 %
15.33 %
DEFINITION:
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 77th in 2005. 160% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 115th in 2005.
Vehicle abundance
28.5 per square km
101.4 per square km
DEFINITION:
Vehicles per populated land area Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2) Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.
SOURCE:
World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001
Ranked 29th.
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Greece
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code
23
11
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
Ranked 23rd. 109% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 34th.
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